CHAPTER 6: THREATENED
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"Where is your master?" Zyro asked politely to old lady Lucy.
Old lady Lucy smiled at the red haired gentleman and said, "My young madam is always busy. She have businesses that needed her full attention despite of all the threats and incidents happened in the household."
Zyro just nod his head and handed the tray full of gourmet dishes and desserts he and Zero prepared for the young madam. But, while handing it over, he secretly handed a small slip of paper at the hand of the old lady. The old lady stared at him, but he just replied it with a smile.
The old lady suddenly realized something. He looked at Zero who is just looking around after he prepared the food. Zyro just smiled at her and said without moving his smiling lips, "Don't think about it. He knows nothing."
The old lady Lucy just nod and walk out the kitchen to the second floor. She knocked the door twice before turning the doorknob and step inside.
"Young madam. Breakfast is here." Old Lucy announced.
A petite figure move from a king size bed in the middle of the large room. The motif of the room is pink and black. It shows the elegance and feminism of the owner. There are some paintings hanged on the wall, and countless of boards of paintings and sketches stacked in the corner. All of it are portraits of a person, a person that is obviously have a close relationship to the owner.
"Just put that there." A low voice said.
The old lady Lucy obliged yet never leave the room that made the young madam look at her with a frown.
"Anything else?" She asked the old lady.
Lucy stepped forward with a piece of paper in her hands.
"Young madam, the agent named Zyro gave me this. I didn't dare to read it, but, I feel that there is something in here that is important for you to read." Lucy stated as she hand over the paper to the young lady.
The young lady took it and read it silently. The corner of her lips rose as she read it that made the old lady wonder.
"What do you think of them?" She asked Lucy.
"Wh-who?" Lucy stuttered.
"The two agents." The lady clarified.
"Uhm. The guy named Zyro is gentle and cheerful. He helps his companion with diligence that shows his respect and closeness toward his partner. Zero, on the other hand is cold and serious in every matter he handles and what he's doing. But, he shows a different side when he is with his partner. They look so close that I can say that they are more likely a brother rather than being partners." Lucy said.
The young lady just smirked and shake her head as she stood up from her bed.
"Madame Lucy, you accompanied me and my family for decades. But, until now, you never learned the basic." The lady said.
"What do you mean, young madam?" Lucy inquired.
The girl turned to her and smiled. "There are more that meets the eye. Do not judge them by what they are showing to you."
"Please enlighten me, young madam. This servant is so ignorant to understand." Lucy plead.
"That is my assignment to you. I want you to tell me your findings three days from now on." Then, she left for the bathroom.
The old lady is still puzzled. She do not know what her young lady is saying. But knowing the little lady she personally witnessed growing, there really is something for her to observe to the agents in their house. It may be bad or good, but, diligence and being cautious is a must.
She walked out the room still thinking of the words her young lady just said. And realized that there is something written in that paper that Zyro handed. But, what is it?
Downstairs, the two finally started observing and investigating inside the house. They are both eager to end the mission within the shortest time as possible. Not because of the bet, but because of something they only know themselves.
"Do you have any clues you've found?" Zyro asked his companion.
Zero just stayed silent as he started to observe the whole room where the recent incident happened.
"Too meticulous. I can't see any signs of force in here. It's too clean to be considered as robbery." Zero said.
"You mean?"
"Inside job."
"But, observing the servants in here, no one dares to come in here. Even the old lady Lucy is hesitant to step their foot inside the room."
Zero stared as his best friend, saying his thoughts with his gaze. Zyro on the other hand, understood what his companion wants to say.
"No one enters here except their master and..."
"The people that are close with their master."
"But... who might that be? We all know that no one in their master's family wants to see her nor visit her here."
"Silly. So, you only thinks that their master's family are the one she is close with?" Zero scolded his friend.
"Huh?"
"Don't play dumb. You can have a free access to my house and properties even though we are not blood-related." Zero said.
Zyro, who is playing dumb finally have the clue in his mind. He rejoice as he realized that the completion of their mission is approaching.
"But, how can we..."
"It's time to meet the client." Zero said that made Zyro froze.
He feel threatened. He do not know how to stop this. He can't open his lips and say the words he want to say. There is a force that stops him and keeping him silent. He wants to break free, yet he couldn't do anything about it.
He thought, maybe, the heaven is already making it's way to let the two meet.
Can he really stop it? Can he really keep the two seperate until the end of their mission?
The door opened and a petite woman with a long blonde-dyed hair and a pair of amethyst eyes stepped in. Zyro noticed how the woman stare at Zero's back. He can't do anything but to ask the woman by his eyes. He already know who she is, but with her dyed hair, she seems to change into a different person.
But, with the look on her face while looking at Zero's back, Zyro felt threatened and wants to run away from that place with Zero's hand held by his. He do not know why, but by the sight of those eyes, he realized that something seems not right.
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